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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06
Practically Minded.

Speaking of odd prayers" said O
minister who is known in Boston foI
his thoroughly reverential spirit and
his dislike of such travesties of prayer,
which he says are more painful than
funny to him. Il remember hearing q
man pray once for an evangelist who
was on his way to Boston; Bless thy
servant, said the evangelist's represent
tative; bless him tonight when he
speaks in Toledo, and tomorrow night
when he speaks in Cleveland, and
Wednesday night when he is in BUT.
falo, and Thursday in Albany"
"And help him to catch all of his
trains" put in a third person at hand,
categorically. Boston Record.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06

call into use the main points of its beauty
in an adaptation called a cap. 1t is not
exactly the plain, everyday one of our
grandmothers, but an elaborate yet easily
made one, suitable for any occasion.
A pointed foundation is first made of
stiff net. 1t is first covered with full,
soft piece of silk net. Into this are tightly
sewed lilac ribbon bows fastened in
punches of lace three and half inches
wide.
Narrower lace-half as wide is the best
is pleated around the edge and around the
lilac ribbon strings. However, the strings
are often omitted, especially for warm
weather wear.
We are thus explicit in describing the
arrangement of this cap, for it is most
generally made by loving, useful hands at
home. To be sure, they can he purchased,
and reasonably pretty ones, too, but most
often they are a gentle attention given
honored gray hair by some dutiful daugh-
ter of the home.
What can be more beautiful than such a
Gift! 4 dainty, fresh triie to ornament a
fading yet beautiful face to loving eyes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06
AN HONEST BALLOT.BOX.
From Standardized w. T.. Chambers Ac
cept ince speech.

from SenatOf-Elect w. hC-
cept ince speech.
To deserve and obtain future success the
Republican party must assert and main
tain the wisdom and patriotism of its rec
ord IN the past. 1t must not permit its
facts to be falsified or its glories to be
dimmed by the recital of arguments of in
terested and dishonest Democratic his
torians or critics. The Republican party
must also be true to one issue OF the past,
which is also a living and not merely senti-
mental issue of the present-the question
of free elections at the South. The story
is old, but a sad one. The North gave the
colored man the ballot. The colored people
give the solid South thirty light extra Rep
resentatives in Congress and thirty eight
extra electoral votes. The colored men s
ballots are suppressed, and their votes
are used solely in the interest
of the enemies of political equality of the
race upon which they are based. Tell me
not that this is dead issue. On the I'd OF
December last three colored men of Wash
ington County, Texas, were hanged by q
mob simply because they had been Repub-
licans and had tried TO exercise the right of
suffrage as Republicans. On May |, of
this year, 1887, Roderick Gambrell, at
jackson, Miss, was waylaid, shot and
killed by Democratic leaders. Gambrell
was Prohibition editor, and he was DOOM
ed and murdered solely because he dared
to oppose the Democratic party. Republic
cans Of New Hampshire, do you give up
opposition to such political crimes as these!
Or do you demand that agitation shall con-
tinue until fraud and murder, used as ordi-
nary political agencies, shall cease to elect
Congresses and Presidents of the United
States?
The commercial spirit of the North be-
fore 1861 deprecated the agitation of the
slavery question as injurious to trade. 1t
is the same commercial spirit, fear, which
now creates seeming indifference to the
vital question of a free ballot. But nation
which puts money and its uses before man
and his liberty cannot endure long as o
republic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06

will not attract attention, rather than what
will challenge it,
To be we'll dressed is to be dressed so
that no one can tell what you wear, but
only how you wear it.
Consequently an artistic dresser is never
seen in an outlandish high hat or in one
of prodigious broadness.
These exaggerated styles come to US
from over the water they are conspicuous
in the fashion plates of French aud Eng
lish magazines, but they are not worn there.
They are no prettier or more becoming
in Paris or London than they are in Chi
cago, and there the clamor for personal
rights is thoroughly recognized. In other
words, when you pay your money for q
ticket of admission to place of amuse-
ment no infringements are allowed on your
perfect right to see all there is to be seen
without resort to flank movements.
A fashionable bonnet. in the guise of the
height of folly, has bad its day; modera-
ton and compactness reign. At LEASE a
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06
Az it an-

pears in our cut, it is made of light-gra
braid and coquettishly ornamented with a
large bow of corn colored ribbon. forming
one Of the latest and most pleasing color
combinations. 1t is particularly useful as
q hat to be in favor at the seaside or in the
country, formed of white chip, and
trimmed in diaphanous net or tulle. with a
dash of color in rose colored flowers. IL
may be worn well over the face, or is
equally becoming placed well back on the
head.
The materials Of robe may be I'M
exceptional, the boots natty, the gloves
dainty, but TO make the "toot and scramble
perfect, the head-coyering must CORE
spoud.
Women of the best taste do not adopt
extremes in fashions; they hesitate before
making conspicuous objects of themselves,
and it is the rule with them to wear what
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06

woman may wear such structure il she BIO
so minded.
fashion is in a chaotic state; there is no
set code of styles as in the days of the
empire, when the world looked 10 Paris
and the beautiful Empress set her seal OF
approval upon the conceptions of modistes
and milliners, and all feminine creation
bent to her royal will.
There are many pretty hats for the chill
dren, odd, dainty, and sweet as themselves,
but none more dressy, yet simple, than
these white Milan braids.
The broad brim is caught up loosely on
the left side by knots of picot- edged white
satin ribbon, the large bunch of loops be-
ing effected by joining three simple bow
knots closely together These knots are
similar to the one appearing in the front OF
the little hat. A bunch of soft, heecy
white ostrich tips still further embellish it..
This, probably, is the bright little girl S
hat OF whom the rhymester wrote that
She had pretty hat,
But she IA little cough
And her little cough, it il no harm TO mention
When in the church she sat,
Shook the plumes on her hat
And TO its many beauties called attention.
Those feathers look like they would
dance prettily, and The face shows a trace
of harmless mischief.
Among the dark eyed daughters of Spain
the lace mantilla and yellow rose have
done duty as head covering for centuries,
and all admit there is nothing more becom-
ing to every face, nothing so shades the
features into dovelike decorum, enhancing
the eyes brilliancy, rendering undiscoyer-
able all blemishes of the complexion.
Younger women might adopt it on oc-
casion with profit, but they seem oblivious
of its merits, and only our elderly ladies
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06
Heart Troubles.

Two young ladies were sitting to-
gether IN a street-cer One Of them
was very pale and thin and seemed to
be suffering. At the next corner the
invalid got up and left the car. A gen.
tleman who had been sitting opposite
said to the remaining lady:
Excuse me. am physician. l
perceive your friend is an invalid.
"Yes," was the reply; she has a
heart trouble"
Probably an aneurism."
"No; West Point cadet. "-TeraS
Siftings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06
BUFFALO BILL.
Interesting Story OF His Life and
Adventures, rs Related by
Himself.
How He Slew His First Indian, and
Came to Be Called Buffalo
Bill.

The following, written by w. F. Cody,
appeared in recent issue of the London
Globe: / was born in February, 1916, in
the State of Iowa. / need not go into de-
tails respecting my family, and can dismiss
my youth briefly by saying that when was
not on horse was just being thrown off
one. l soon became q pretty smart rider,
and my practice with a gun was pretty
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06

DIR. ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE, who
shared with Darwin in the glory of the
announcement of the evolution theory,
differs from Darwin in holding that
the development of The human mind
cannot be accounted for by the ordinary
process of evolution; that it must be
considered as something apart from the
physical nature and subject to different
laws. --Populdr Science NeiUs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06

a comfort
able a II d
C o IN IN on
sensible hat
like our IL
lustrat
and wearit,
daring a | !
opinion as
to its be-
coningness
and fitness.
the rest of
them come
TO a like re-
alizaiion of
comfort and
buy it, and
wonder how
they e We I
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foolish Il S
TO appear i'll
less becom-
: ing h ca d =
gear.
As it ap-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06
Caps and Bellies.

Undoubtedly one of the most charming
things in the world is TO have u good thing
properly finished off. The climax prettily
capped.
There is 90 absolute creator OF fashion,
but when half dozen dear creatures adopt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06

II good people would but make
goodness agreeable, and smile instead
of frowning in their virtue, how many
would they gain to the good cause
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-06

HoT SPRINGS is expecting boom.
A hotel, to cost half million dollars,
is talked of.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
The Sun Cooling Down.

Men seem most indifferent to those mat
ters which concern them most. 1t is the
opinion of scientific minds that the sun is
cooling down; yet people are going about
the streets in mere seersuckers and straw
hats, and even in shirt-sleeves. 1t is now
well established that the sun is not burn
ing fire. but is merely fluid mass cooling,
with some little accession of fresh energy
by meteors occasionally falling in, " of very
small account compared with the amount of
heat the sun steadily loses" The theory
that the sun shrinks because it gets colder
and that the process of shrinking makes it
hotter has misled many good people So
they eat ice-cream and drink cold lemonade
and so-caled saltwater, and wear gauze
underwear and fan themselves and that sort
OF thing But the latest conclusions Of
science show that the sun is still cooling
down, and the scientific man can figure out
that yesterday was a cold day and that
during these two July weeks we should
have had the furnaces going and put on fur
mittens and ear-muffs. A man has only to
fill himself up with the conclusions Of
science in order to correct the notion
that the weather is warm. AS the sun
is growing coder-the mutual gravita-
ton of its particles as il shrinks giving
rise to less heat than il lost by radia-
tion-it is manifestly impossible that the
weather should be as hot as the lying Their
mometer declares. 1t is easy to prove by
any faith-healer that if a man once makes
up his mind the weather is cold his collar
will no longer droop in dampness about his
to run in streams down his back and he
can be comfortable only with fur overcoat
and cap and wooden hose.-Ml,Cdukee !Senti-
mel. .TilU Is.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
How SIate.PenciIs are Made.

In the northwestern part of the town of
Castleton, Rutland county, VT, is the only
mandatory in the United States of slate
quarry, Is first sawed into blocks from four to
seven inches wide, according to the length
desired for the pencils. These are split quite
easily with chisel into slabs little thicker
than the finished pencils-say five-sixteenths
OF an inch. These are passed through a
planing-machine and over an emery belt to
make them fiat smooth and of uniform
thickness of about three-sxteenths of an
inch Next they are pushed into the Jaws
OF a " CROCODILE" which consists of pair
of steel plates, in the under ones of which
are six rows of curved knives, each set so
as to cut little deeper than the one that
went before it. These pillow out parallel
grooves halfway through the slab, which
man then turns and lays on ste ell plate,
having ridges which just fit these grooves.
This slides back under the six rows of teeth
of a second crocodile Lying in wait along
side, which cuts the grooves on the other
side and leaves the pencils side by side
LASTLY, they are broken and rolled off for
an instant, to point them upon an emery
belt. A man can give the touch to about
eight thousand in a. day. The average daily
output is about thirty thousand, and the
mill gives employment to some twenty-five
hands. The old plan was to saw out square
pencils from the slab one by one. These
were boxed and distributed among poor
families, who whitfield them round by hand
at from quarter to half dollar per thou
sand.-Pottery and Glassware Reporter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
The Freight Problem.

We think it will appear to the interstate
commission that freights are carried at
lower rates from Chicago to Boston over the
Grand Trunk and Central Vermont lines
than between some intermediate points
But it will also appear that freights are not
taken at less rates by these lines than by
others. The tariffs were fixed by four OF
five other lines between Chicago and the
seaboard without consulting the lines this
way, so if there is any fault it is to be
charged to the lines that fixed the rates
rather than to those who are obliged to
submit to them. 1t will be to the advan-
tage of the great line through this section if
the rates are raised, but it would be difficult
to understand how "A rule can be made to
apply to one thOroughfare and not to another.
We do not think the interstate commission
will tolerate scheme to enrich one and to
impoverish another, or to fog the smallest
boy in school and let the older ones that in
augurated the mischief escape. But it
should also be borne in mind that the produce
carried from Chicago to Boston has already
paid higher freight charges by the time it
has reached Chicago from the outlying
country than has been imposed on freights
for the same distances from Vermont to
Boston. The point is this-that the freight
charges are higher for the same distances
from the west, north and south to Chicago
than are charged from Vermont to Boston,
so that by the time western produce reaches
Boston it has paid double, if not treble, the
Vermont rates. If the interstate commission
shall be able to regulate these things to the
satisfaction of everybody, no interests will
be better suited than the New England
lines.-,St. Albdns Messenger.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
An UnfavOrable Showing.

The annual meeting of the National
Civil Service Reform League was held
at Newport, r. l., last week. 1t was
not cheerful gathering. AT the last
years meeting there were indications
that the reformers were disappointed
because President Cleveland did not
fulfill his reform pledges to the extent
they had expected. This year they are
forced to admit that he has fallen far
short of what was expected of him,
though they seem quite prepared to
condone his shortcomings. George
w. Curtis delivered the annual address
and referred regretfully to the condi-
ton of the national service in respect
to reform. He finds that the civil serv-
ice law applies to only IA 1000 out of
about $4,000 federal offices, so that
the mere keeping of the law is not re-
form. There are about $4,000 chief
offices, the holders of which, appointed
by the President, control more or less
patronage and form the great political
machine at which the reform is really
directed Mr.. Cleveland has been in
Office twenty-nine months and in that
time he has filled $4,000 of these Off
ces with democrats. Mr.. Curtis ex-
pressed his belief that while such
sweeping changes were desired and
expected by a large majority of the
Presidents supporters at the polls, they
were not desired or anticipated by the
intelligent sentiment of the country.
Does he condemn the President Gas he
probably would any other many for
breaking his pledges? Not bit of it.
He goes on to say that Mr.. Cleveland
has found the spoils tradition too over
whelming, but nevertheless he cannot
be said to have broken any of his
pledges" and that " much has been
done for reform" In one breath he
declares that " an excellent opportunity
for reform " has been neglected by the
President, and in the next he says
"much has been done for reform
This is painful webbing, and any man
who cared to maintain a reputation for
consistency and as a clear-headed
logician would be ashamed of it. The
reformers are in bad plight. They
know that the President has proved
wholly recreant to his reform pledges
and that he is seeking to win the favor
of the party which is VIGOROUSLY hos
tile to reform, and yet in spite of this
record they continue to stand by Mr..
Cleveland. 1t is singular that they
are unable to see the manifest absurdity
of their position as others see it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10

ing with its eyes fixed reproachfully on
Cleveland, off the apostles are not firm and
true where shall the neophytes be?'' shall
proceed to lay the blame for Apostle
Growers nfdelity on public sentiment.
The Post shall observe that " In the smaller
towns and in the rural communities, con-
shutting the great mass of the American
people, there is no sentiment on the subject
of civil service reform"
Q.-And the mugwump jester Puck, what
role shall be assigned to it?
A.-Well, Puck will be asked to convulse
its readers with the mrth-provoking asser-
ton that " the worst that can be brought
against his (Cleveland's) administration il
that he has made some unfortunate minor
appointments" 1t being generally conceded
that the attorney-generalship Of the United
States Is the merest minor appointment.
Q.-What was it that we continually in
sisted upon in double-eaded BREWER and
italics in the summer of 1884, when we were
tainted with laboring for the restoration of
the democratic partyP
Ave explained that we were laboring
solely for the election of Cleveland; that
Cleveland was stronger than his party, was
better than his party; that because he was
stronger and better he commanded our sup
port.
Q.-And does not the fact that Cleve-
land has done what Hdrper's Weekly admits
that he has done go to show that he is no
better than his party, that he is not stronger
than his party?
A.-By advice of counsel we decline to
answer that embarrassing question.
Q.-What is the present post-office address
Of the mugwumps?
A.-Up tree, among the top branches.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
The Fall Elections.

There are few elections of impor-
lance to come off, though they will be
of some interest for their bearing upon
next years contest. The state election
in Kentucky last week resulted in a
democratic triumph by a greatly re-
duced majority. The republican gains
amounted to over 10000 over the last
governor vote. A smaller ratio of re-
publican gains in Tennessee, Virginia,
West Virginia and North Carolina
would put these states in the republican
column. Texas voted last week on the
question of prohibition and rejected it
by over 5000 majority. Tennessee
and Oregon will also vote on this ques-
ton. Ohio, Maryland, Massachusetts
and Iowa will elect governors next fall
and legislatures are to be chosen by
those states and also by Virginia, New
York and New Jersey. Pennsylvania
aud New York will elect minor state
officers. There is not much doubt that
Ohio will re-elect Governor Foraker by
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
A Curious Story from Boston.

year ago last April firm of manufac-
turing undertakers in this vicinity were
given the most extraordinary commission
which they had ever received. They were
told to make two mahogany baskets of a
particular design, to be above the usual
size, and in many parts fully six inches in
thickness. They were cautioned not to say
a word to any one about what they were do
ing. The Baskets were made as ordered. 1t
required 500 worth of mahogany to COM
plete them. When they were ready to be
shipped from the factory photograph was
taken, and an inkling of the affair got out in
this way. They were taken from the fac
tory in two two-horse wagons, each one
making heavy load for pair of horses to
draw. Outside cases of the same material
were also provided. The owner of the
caskets had them taken to his estate and
placed in building which he had erected
on purpose. In that building two of the
best wood-carvers to be obtained have
worked on the Baskets steadily for the past
fourteen months, and they have nowhere
near finished the first one. They were
carving into the mahogany the most wonder
full and intricate designs which you could
imagine, all from sketches furnished by
eminent artists. There is a spider in the
center of a web, so delicate that ones
breath would almost seem to move it;
skulls from which life-like serpents are
crawling owls, hour-glasses and a hundred
other things with symbolic meanings. At
the rate the carvers are progressing IT Will
take several years to finish their work. |
should think $4,000 would be low figure
for both caskets. The insides will contain
silken hammocks, in which the bodies will
lie. The gentleman who is having the
Baskets made has purchased an entire knoll
in one of the most beautiful of our ceme-
teries, and it is said, will spend $4,000 on
the tomb He is a gentleman connected
with the medical profession, having an
office in Boston. His wife, who takes if
possible, more interest in the Baskets than
himself, is said to be the granddaughter of
a baron.-BostOn Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
Railroad Inspection.

The Vermont railroad commissioners
who have been engaged the past four weeks
making their annual inspection of the diff
ferent railroads in the state recently in
spected the Rutland division of the Central
Vermont road from Rutland to Burlington;
also the Addison branch. The commission
ers were accompanied by Colonel 4. G.
Smith, acting general manager of the road,
and General Superintendent j. NJ. Foss.
On July % the Burlington 4 Lamoille road
was looked at, and next morning the board
left White River junction, going over the
Brattleboro & Whitehall road, then striking
the Rutland division of the Central Yer.
mont at Bellows Falls. As rule they have
found the roads in good condition and few
bridges will need extensive repairs On
the Brattleboro 4 Whitehall and ST. Johns
bury 4 Lake Champlain roads there were
found some poor bridges, while on the Pas.
sumpsic road there are some stations that
will need repairing. Last week they exam
ned the Montpelier & Wells River and
Woodstock roads, then the Vermont Valley,
the Bennington & Rutland and branches
of the Delaware Il Hudson road in the state
The commissioners are required TO make a
personal inspection of the road-beds, rails